The Center for Comprehensive Telecommunications Acquisition (TQC), The General Services Administration, C/O Mitretek Systems, Inc., 7525 Colshire Drive (Stop Z397) Mclean, VA 22102-7400

D -- REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION STATEMENT (RQS) FOR THE METROPOLITAN AREA ACQUISITION (MAA) PROGRAM. SOL TQD-RH-97-0001 POC Robert A. Hayhurst (703)610-2234 or robert.hayhurst@gsa.gov WEB: Click here to access and download all related documents, http://www.gsa.gov/maa. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the RQS contracting officer, robert.hayhurst@gsa.gov. The General Services Administration (GSA), Federal Technology Service (FTS) will issue Amendment 0003 to revise the Request for Qualification Statements (RQS) on or about July 15, 1999. The RQS allows potential offerors to be pre-qualified on their capability to meet mandatory technical and management requirements for the Metropolitan Area Acquisition (MAA) program on a nationwide basis. The amendment captures the lessons learned from the recently awarded 3 pilot MAA cities (New York, Chicago, and San Francisco) and is intended to streamline the process of preparing and evaluating the new qualification statements. The RQS Amendment 0003 will be available on the MAA Website at http://www.gsa.gov/maa. Offerors who are already pre-qualified under the MAA Program are required to acknowledge RQS Amendment 0003. GSA will issue additional Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for specific cities starting in late July. Each RFP will specify the traffic information and any city-specific technical or management requirements for the metropolitan area. (Note: Individual CBD announcements will be made for each city-specific RFP.) The MAA cities are: Los Angeles, CA; Buffalo, NY; Cleveland, OH; Cincinnati, OH; St. Louis, MO; Baltimore, MD; Miami, FL; Dallas, TX; Denver, CO; New Orleans, LA; Atlanta, GA; Boston, MA; Indianapolis, IN; Boise, ID; Albuquerque, NM and Philadelphia, PA. It is expected that the first RFPs to be released will be for Los Angeles, Buffalo, and Cincinnati. GSA intends to issue additional RFPs on a continuing basis (approximately every two weeks) thereafter. Potential offerors must be pre-qualified for the MAA Program prior to being considered for an award of an MAA contract for a specific city. Because of the aggressive schedule intended for the next MAA procurements, potential offerors are encouraged to submit qualification statements responding to the RQS Amendment 0003 as soon as possible. Potential offerors are also encouraged to plan accordingly for the successive roll-out of city-specific RFPs. To be placed on a bidders mailing list, please transmit a request to the attention of the MAA Contracting Officer at: Robert A. Hayhurst, General Services Administration, c/o Mitretek Systems, Inc. 7525 Colshire Drive (Mail Stop Z397), McLean, VA 22102. Requests may also transmitted via facsimile to (703) 610-2810 and by e-mail via robert.hayhurst@gsa.gov. Firms requesting to be placed on the bidders mailing list should include company name, point of contact name and title, address, and telephone number, fax number, e-mail address, and if they are a small, small disadvantaged, women-owned, or large business. Posted 07/02/99 (W-SN350003). (0183)

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